Module 1. Global English Studies

Primary material

• Chiang, Ted, Stories of Your Life and Others, New York ., Vintage Books, 2016Compulsory*
• Bui, Thi, The best we could do: an illustrated memoir, New York, Abrams Comicarts, 2017Compulsory*
• Crystal, David, English as a Global Language, West Nyack, Cambridge University Press, 2012Compulsory*
• Ahmad, Dohra, The Penguin book of migration literature: departures, arrivals, generations, returns, [New York], Penguin Books, 2019Compulsory*

Selections from:

George Ritzer and Paul Dean, Globalization: A Basic Text. Online

John Oakland and David Mauk. American Civilization: An Introduction. Online

John Oakland. British Civilization: An Introduction. Online

Ofelai Garcia, The Oxford Handbook of Language and Society. Online.

Module 2: Language Structure

Primary material

• Estling Vannestål, Maria, A university grammar of English: with a Swedish perspective, Second edition, Lund, Studentlitteratur, [2015]Compulsory*
• Rönnerdal, Göran; Johansson, Stig, Introducing English pronunciation, Lund, Studentlitteratur, 2005Compulsory*
• Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.., senaste uppl., London, LongmanCompulsory*

Reference and additional material

• Crystal, David, Rediscover grammar, Rev. ed., London, Longman, 2004
• Florby, Gunilla; Fält, Erik, Grammatiskt ABC: grammatiska termer och begrepp för effektiva språkstudier, 2. uppl., Uppsala, Scripta textproduktion, 1998
• Johansson, Stig; Rönnerdal, Göran, English pronunciation: a handbook, 2., [rev.]ed., Lund, Studentlitteratur, 1993
• Norstedts stora svensk-engelska ordbok =: Norstedts comprehensive Swedish-English dictionary, 3., [utök.] uppl., Stockholm, Norstedts ordbok, 2000
• Norstedts stora engelsk-svenska ordbok =: Norstedts comprehensive English-Swedish dictionary, 3., [utök.] uppl., Stockholm, Norstedts ordbok, 2000

Material for self-study

• Johansson, Stig; Rönnerdal, Göran, English pronunciation: a handbook. A workbook, 3. uppl., Lund, Studentlitteratur, 1993
• Svartvik, Jan; Sager, Olof, Modern engelsk grammatik, senaste upplagan, Solna, Almqvist & Wiksell
• Svartvik, Jan; Sager, Olof, Modern engelsk grammatik. Övningsbok 2, senaste uppl., Stockholm, Liber

Module 3: Linguistics and Global English

Primary material

• Yule, George, The study of language, Seventh edition, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, [2020]Compulsory*

Module 4: Locations of Literature in English

• Friel, Brian, Translations, London, Faber & Faber, 1981Compulsory*
• Atwood, Margaret, The handmaid's tale., London, Cape, 1986Compulsory*
• Hamid, Mohsin, Exit west - a novel, Penguin Publishing Group, 2018Compulsory*
• Bulawayo, NoViolet, We need new names, London, Vintage books, 2014Compulsory*
• Morrison, Toni, Sula, New York, Vintage International, 2004, c1974Compulsory*

Students select one of the following

• Acevedo, Elizabeth, Poet X, Harper Collins USA, 2020
• Butler, Octavia E, Kindred, Boston, Beacon Press, 2004
• Winterson, Jeanette, Written on the body, 1st Vintage international ed., New York, Vintage Books, 1994
• Yang, Gene Luen; Pien, Lark, American born Chinese, 1st Square Fish ed., New York, Square Fish, 2008

* Compulsory